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PATENTED DEG. 1'7, 1907.

A. MBRGKENS.

BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR.13. 1907.

To all whom it mayconcern:

UNITED sTATEs' PATENT oEEroE.

AUGUST MERCKENS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

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Be it known that '1, AUGUST MEROKENS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bath Beach, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings,city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to boxes and particularly to kndck-downboxes adapted to contain confections and other similar goods, the objectthereof being to provide a box of this class so constructed that whenset up and filled the contents of the box coacts with the parts ormembers thereof to as sist in maintaining the same in their set uprelationship.

in carrying out my invention I employ'a sheet of suitable material soshaped and out as to be folded to form the bottom, side, end, and topmembers of a box. Each end member'of my improved box is preferablycomposed of parts connected to or integral with the bottom and sidemembers, there-being provided end outer members and end" inner memberspreferably integral with the bottom member of the box, endintermediatemembers preferably integral with the side mem-- bers of the box, andmeans connected to or integral with the said end inner members andadapted to be passed under the lower edges of the said end intermediatemembers and to lie between the same and the said end outermembers tomaintain the parts of the box in their set up relationship, as will behereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan of a blank cut to form my improvedbox, Fi 2 is a section taken transversely throng the box when set up,and Fig. 3 is a section on line as as Fig. 2. V

According to my present invention I employ a blank of cardboard or othersimilar suitable material shaped as illustrated in Fig. 1 and adapted tobe folded on the dotted lines 12 to. 21 inclusive to form my improvedbox.

a designates the bottom member, I) 0 respectively are the oppositel 'disosed side, members preferably integral wit the bottom member a, and fisthe top member integral with the side member I) and g is a flapintegral with the top member f. w d 6 respectively are end outer membersintegral with and extending from the opposite ends of the said bottommember a, and M are end inner members preferably extending from andin-Specification of Letters meat. Application filed March 13, 1907- SerialNo. 362,099-

Patented Dec. 1'7, 19'07.

tegral with the said end members d 6 respectively. Integral with andextending from the ends of the side member I) there are end intermediatemembers it h each provided with an Q angular cut away portion asindicated at 1O,

and similarly, integral with and extending from the ends of the sidemembers 0 there are end intermediate members i 11 each provided with anangular cut away portion indicated at 11, corresponding in all respectsto the cut awayportions 10in the said end intermediate members h h. Eachend inner member is provided with a tongue 7c preferably integraltherewith and extending therefrom and the opposite edges of each endinner member and its tongue is are preferably inclined or taperingtoward the outer or free edge of the tongue 76 thereof.

Now in setting up the box to be'made from the hereinbefore describedblank the side members I) c are first folded on the dotted lines 12 and13 respectively to positions at right an les to the bottom member a,theend interme iatemembers h h and 'ii are then folded in turn on thedotted lines 16 and 1'7 respectively to positions at right angles totheir respective side members I) 0 so that each pair of end intermediatemembers it i are in a straight line, and next the end outer members (Z care folded inturn on the dotted lines 14 and 15 respectively topositions also at ri ht angles to the bottom member and in whichpositions their inner surfaces will contact with the outer surfaces ofthe end intermediate members it Then the end inner members 51 j arefolded in turn on the dotted lines 18, each end inner member j beingturned over the upper edges of the adjacent end intermediate members iti and down a ainst their inner surfaces. 3 The tongue is 0t each endinner member is then folded on its dotted line 19 and passed under thecut away portions 10 and 11 of the said end intermediate members 7t iand turned up and caused to lie orassume a position between the said endintermediate members and the adjacent end outer member, either d or e.The top memberf may now be folded on the dotted line 20 and the flapmember g on the dotted lineZl to form a cover for the box.

From Figs. 2 and 3 which show the parts of the box in their set uppositions, it will be 'notedithat the length of the base of each tonguemember is is such that the same just fits into the angles of the cutaway portions 10 and 11 of the end intermediate members box in their setup relations ;p.

'h and i, and thatiwhen the box is'filled the, contents thereof Willpress against the end inner members 7' j keeping the tongue members k kin place between the said end in termediate members and vthe said endouter members and so maintainin thepartsof the I claim as my invention Abox comprising a bottom member, side members integral therewith, an endouter member and a tapering end inner member extending from both ends ofthe said bottom member and integral therewithjand with each other, endintermediate members integral with and extending from the ends of thesaid side members .and each provided with an angular cu t away portionalong its lower edge, and-a .taperm tongue integral with and extendingbeyon each of the said tapering end inner members and adapted'to befolded under the said angular cut away portions of the saidend-intermediate -members adjacent thereto and'to fit Within" theangular'parts ofthe said cut away portions of theintermediate. membersand tolie in a position'between the same and the adjacent v end outermember to maintain the parts of the box in their set uprelationship.

WILLIAM R. P-HELAN, WILLIAM K. JERMY.

